Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes
We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable.
Quotes to Explore
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The whole world has American dreams. This country has people from all parts of the world. We have Irish who live here, we have Brazilians.
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I've always thought that I'd make a pretty good police officer, except maybe for the danger part. I have a rare medical condition that makes it difficult for me to risk getting shot, so probably I'd have to be one of those officers who work in 'do not shoot' areas.
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I was the kind of child who worked hard every day with the cows and sheep - I was a very aggressive boy.
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No matter who the prime minister is, incremental changes take place. The economy moves on.
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When I was in university, my dream was to be a coach, like a high school track coach. Not to teach.
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Civilization, to be worthy of the name, must afford other methods of settling human differences than those of blood letting.
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In the end, religion teaches us to value truth, justice and freedom.
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There's so much fakeness in the fashion world, but Mum and Dad have always given us a good work ethic and were quite worried at first about whether I could make a living from acting. They've been together for 29 years and share the same values. I really do want to have that kind of marriage myself.
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To me, a purely good individual or purely bad individual, that's a comic book – that's a fantasy – and I don't do fantasy.
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I personally don't feel the need to be radical for its own sake, but I probably couldn't if I tried anyway.
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I'm in great shape considering I have hardware in my back. I work out constantly to keep my muscles limber and my abs strong so they can take the burnt of everything.
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I have a lot of repression. So repression is what I make movies about.
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One of the most constant aspects of American life is change - and nowhere is it more evident than in our financial markets.
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It's just a goatee. That sounds kind of weird. A soul patch? I don't know how 'soul' it is.
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The more praying there is in the world, the better the world will be, the mightier the forces against evil everywhere.
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As a dreamer of dreams and a travelin' man, I have chalked up many a mile. Read dozens of books about heroes and crooks, and I learned much from both of their styles.
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Our opinions are what we'll be known for; our love is what we'll be remembered for.
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Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together.
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If you set your bar at 'amazing' it's awfully difficult to start. Your first paragraph, sketch, formula, sample or concept isn't going to be amazing. Your tenth one might not be either. Confronted with the gap between your vision of perfect and the reality of what you've created, the easiest path is no path. Shrug. Admit defeat. Hit delete. One more reason to follow someone else and wait for instructions. Of course, the only path to amazing runs directly through not-yet-amazing. But not-yet-amazing is a great place to start, because that's where you are.
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The good part of what comics trains you to do is it trains you - especially if you've worked in mainstream comics like Marvel and DC, or if you're just doing your own independent comics - to compartmentalize things and work on multiple things at the same time. And that's a skill that is incredibly handy in Hollywood, because within the first year that you get here, you realize there's a reason why every successful person in Hollywood has like seven or eight projects up in the air at any point.
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Looking at the way the game is played, I'm envious of the conditions. We played on some ropey World Cup surfaces. I genuinely never look back and wish I earned the money they do today, but I do think of that element.
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We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable.
